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Version 3.11

Improvements

Windows Data Collection scripts: new optional Parameter to run the powershell scripts regarding execution policy

Version 3.10

Fixed problems

PRB37337: Oracle Compliance does not detect Java products
N/A: fixed an issue with the generation of the Java Inventory result for Unix/Linux

Version 3.9

Improvements

Recognition of Oracle Exadata Machines and Oracle Database Appliances incl. license requirements calculation
Java Information scans (windows): a dedicated user can be used to retrieve the necessary information
Data Imports and Data Provider now additionally recognizes .tgz files
Unix/Linux and Windows Data Collection scripts: improvements regarding stability

Fixed problems

N/A: Fixed an issue with LPAR License Demand Calculation for CPU Pools
N/A: Fixed an issue for VMs running on SLES 15 and generation of fingerprints

Version 3.8

Improvements

Results of the data collection can be uploaded automatically using https to the ESM server
Java Installations are now seperate CIs (ASMJavaApplicationType)
Preview and Edit Dialog for Java Products are accessible using the Java Product Navigation
Improved detection for Advanced Compression on Oracle Enterprise Manager Repositories: certain usages are excluded from requiring a license
For database instances 12.0 and higher the ORACLE_HOME value is now collected and presented in the Database Instance grid
New Hardware Models added to the static data
Unix/Linux and Windows Data Collection scripts: Changes due to the implementation of the upload feature

Fixed problems

PRB37250: [Oracle Compliance] OS name incorrekt for SLES

Version 3.7

Improvements

Oracle Compliance successfully passed the Oracle re-verification (23-2)
Oracle GLAS Exportfiles for VMware: added MD5 checksum
Unix/Linux and Windows Data Collection scripts: additional commands and changed sql queries (due to Oracle re-verification requirements)
Unix/Linux and Windows Data Collection scripts: New configurable setting to enable or disable the scan of Databases
Windows Data Collection scripts: Improved directory structure

Fixed problems

N/A: Fixed an issue when creating complex systems for vcenters
N/A: For certain Oracle Linux KVM configurations not in all cases hard partitioning was correctly detected
N/A: Unix/Linux and Windows Data Collection scripts: avoid insufficient memory issues for Java detection & improved error handling

Version 3.6

Improvements

Oracle Compliance is able to detect if a VM is running in AWS, Azure or Oracle Cloud, the information is presented in System navigation
The generation of license requirements for Oracle Databases and Oracle Java recognizes "authorized Cloud" installations
Oracles licensing restrictions for Standard Edition and Standard Edition 2 are evaluated and violations are presented in Database Products navigation
Unix/Linux Data Collection scripts: additional commands to query CPU & machine information

Version 3.5

Improvements

Generation of fingerprints considers full version
Fingerprints created for commercial features

Fixed problems

N/A: Fixed an issue with the generation of license requirements for commercial features

Version 3.4

Improvements

Fingerprint generation takes full version (incl. build information) into account
Fingerprint generation for recognized commercial feature usage added
Added new hardware models to the static data

Fixed problems

PRB37063: Translation typo in Oracle Compliance AddOn Dashboard
PRB37064: Oracle Compliance Addon - Oracle Server Worksheet not working correctly
PRB37062: Oracle Compliance Addon - Hardware models with square brackets are not assigned

Version 3.3

Improvements

Windows and Unix/Linux Data Collection improvements regarding generation of archives for the result files
OVM x86 Cluster is now recognized

Fixed problems

N/A: Oracle GLAS Export files: ORCLCPUQ.zip for databases only contains system data for database-systems and their hosts. For Java only data for systems with Java installations and their hosts.
N/A: Added some missing localization strings
N/A: Fixed issue with usage of sudo for Uni/Linux Data Collection
N/A: Fixed Helpcenter Link in Oracle Compliance App
N/A: Agreed & Granted field in preview for Databases shows correct value

Version 3.2

Oracle Compliance is now verified by Oracle for Databases, Options and Management Packs as well as for JAVA!

Starting with Version 3.2 the solution provides additional data sets for Oracle Java, that Oracle will accept whenever accurate measurement data is needed and as an alternative to installing Oracle measurement tools.

Improvements

New Dashboard "Oracle GLAS Export files"
- The required and verified data sets for Oracle Database products and Oracle Java for any engagement with Oracle can be generated using the tool.
- Ability to download the appropriate set of Oracle GLAS files directly from the new dashboard
Improved data masking for for the Oracle GLAS Export files
Improved Import handling

Fixed problems

PRB36933: Extension Oracle Compliance: Use of Oracle Datapump Export with Compression is not recognized
N/A: Fixed issue with Unix Data Collection scripts, where for some Solaris systems some outputs were not always correctly generated due to wrong env parameter

Version 3.1

Improvements

Improved detection logic for option "Advanced Compression"
Data provider " Upload Oracle Data Collection Results " : deletion of files can be configured now in the configuration
Windows and Unix/Linux Data Collection scripts improvements regarding hardware detection

Fixed problems

N/A: Fixed issue with CPU calculation on systems with empty Sockets
N/A: Linux VMs in some cases show wrong CPU and Core counter
N/A: FeatureUsageStatistics grid shows wrong database version for feature usage
N/A: Fixed issue with generation of fingerprints for Java Installations

Version 3.0

Improvements

Java Inventory
- Oracle Compliance has been extended to include a full Java Inventory. Based on the already existing Hardware and Database discovery & inventory features additionally all licensing and inventory relevant Java information are collected using the extended Oracle Compliance scripts.
Oracle Compliance Data Collection Result files can be uploaded and imported using the user interface
For all System and Database grids a new action "Upload Oracle Inventory Result Files was implemented ". After the upload, the files will be processed and imported.

Fixed problems

PRB36836: Oracle Compliance V2: PaxHeader error prevents import of result files
PRB36693: CDB_ROOT of Oracle Enterprise Manager database is detected as requiring a license

Version 2.6

Improvements

Automatic generation of license requirements for Named User Plus (NUP)
License requirements for Named User Plus (NUP) are now automatically generated based on the calculated minimum NUPs. The calculated amount can then be manually edited to reflect the specific license requirements in the customer's environment.

Fixed problems

Improved mapping for the database targets when retrieving information from Oracle Enterprise Manager / Cloud Control.
Unix/Linux scripts: Fixed issues with the usage of sudo with the authentication to the queried Database when using OS-Authentication or Oracle Wallets.

Version 2.5

Oracle Compliance is now verified by Oracle for Databases, Options and Management Packs .

Starting with Version 2.5 the solution provides data sets for Oracle Databases, Options and Management Packs that Oracle will accept whenever accurate measurement data is needed and as an alternative to installing Oracle measurement tools.

Improvements

Extended data collection for all platforms. Additional scripts and queries have been added to meet all requirements as an Oracle verified tool vendor.
Generation of Oracle GLAS export files. The required and verified data sets for any engagement with Oracle can be generated using the tool.
- Ability to download Oracle GLAS files from the Matrix42 Oracle Compliance tool.
- Usernames and IP addresses in the generated Oracle GLAS files can be masked
Improved Oracle Server Worksheet
- New fields were added.
- All fields where values have to be provided manually can now be edited in the Database Instance dialog.
Calculation of minimum NUP licenses required for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition 2
- The minimum NUP licenses which would be required is being calculated for these editions and is presented in the complex system grid and preview.
Compliance check for the maximum socket restriction for Standard Edition deployments
- It is being analyzed if Oracle's policy regarding the deployment restriction of a Standard Edition/One/2 to a specific amount of maximum available sockets. The Max Sockets field on the complex system level shows the amount of maximal available sockets for any of the servers within that complex system. If the Hardware does not meet the policy, then the breach is represented by a red cell.
Wizard for choosing a license metric for database instances. The Change License Metric action opens the corresponding wizard. If you choose NUP or None, no license requirements will be generated.

Fixed problems

Core and CPU count for Linux is calculated correctly.
Short versions higher than 19 are now displayed in grids correctly.

Version 2.4

Improvements

Full Support for Oracle VM for sparc (logical domains)
- Logical Domains are recognized as such and mapped to the correct domain (host)
- Compliance checks with Oracle's partitioning policy for Oracle VM sparc and determination of hard/softpartitioning of the system configuration of the logical domains
- Automatic generation of license requirements for Oracle database products running on Oracle VM sparc
Privilege elevation for Linux and Solaris Scripts
- M42DataCollectionUnix Scripts for Solaris and Linux can now run as root user or as a standard user using sudo

Version 2.3

Improvements

Digital signature: Extension is now digitally signed.
Improvements in OS detection: Improvements in detection of Redhat Linux OS.

Fixed problems

PRB36131: Oracle Compliance can be installed and partially run without an existing license.
Fixed issues with long queries regarding Spatial features in OracleDBInventory.sql in M42DataCollectionUnix and M42DataCollectionWin.

Version 2.2

Improvements

The Upload Oracle Data Collection Results data provider
- It is a new data provider to upload and process Oracle data collection results from folders on remote systems.
Determination of hard/softpartitioning of the systems configuration and compliance checks with Oracle's partitioning policy for systems virtualized with:
- Oracle Linux KVM
- Oracle VMx86
- Solaris Zones
The add-on automatically creates complex systems and license requirements for Oracle database products running on:
- Oracle Linux KVM
- AIX lpars
- Oracle VMx86
- Solaris Zones
User interface improvements
- The Purchased Licenses navigation item was added.
- All default actions are now available for the following navigation items: Software Products, Fingerprints, License Requirements.
Last Scan and Last Import: These two columns were added to the Systems and Database Products > Instances grids.
M42DataCollectionWin: The execution date was added to the data collection scripts on Windows systems.
M42DataCollectionUnix: CPU resource collection was improved for the data collection scripts on Unix systems.